Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. We’ve likely all had a few uncomfortable social media or real-life moments related to encounters with our pasts. Should you accept a friend request from John, whom you had
Category: Life in the 50s
Lent 2013, Day 30: With a Little Help From Our Friends
Friends say the funniest things. A couple of years ago, my When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics co-author Anna LaNave and I were doing book-related presentations at the Catholic Information Center in downtown DC. We didn’t prove to be a very big draw, so we
Lent 2013, Day 29: Finding Favor
He was a talented but difficult young employee, someone who wanted plum assignments without paying the amount of dues that I, the grizzled veteran and manager, thought he should.
Lent 2013, Day 28: What Were Once Vices
A friend recently told me that he never was that interested in alcohol. Oh, he has the rare glass of wine or cocktail, but he wouldn’t care if someone told him he couldn’t have